On average, sleep takes one third of the life of an adult. However the amount of time devoted to sleep is not what counts but the qualitiy of sleep.

If the quality of sleep is bad, the consequences are usually very serious: people feel very sleepy during the day and their concentration and daytime performance suffer. But the consequences don´t stop here because they range from annoying to life-threatening. THey include depression, irritability, sexual dysfunction, learning and memory difficulties, and falling asleep while at work, on the phone, or driving. It has been estimated that up to 50% of people with poor quality of sleep may have high blood pressure. Risk for heart attack and stroke may also increase.

MEDIPRO range of computerized systems for the evaluation of breathing disorders include:

Osler Test Oxford Sleep Resístance Test (SSI) The original Osler test is the simplest test to asses daytime sleepiness- a behaviroural versión of the múltiple wakefulness test A small led is lit for 1 second in every three, and the subject is required to respond each time.Software controls the led, stores the response and alerts the technician when the subject fails to respond. No EEG interpretation is required. The wireless, self-contained Osler-2 allows testing independent of a computer in the lab, or at the patients home. The LCD display shows the test termination timing and the numbre of missed events, whilst the data can be downloaded online or to a computer later. The Osler-2 also has the facitity to perform multiple unprepared reaction time (MURT) tests.

Stardust II Is an ultra-portable polygraph thas enables clinicians to screen and diagnose sleep related breathing disorders, evaluate treatment and perform patient follow-up. Channel set: respiratory effort, air from nasal pressure transducer, or nasal/oral thermitor, auto-cpap flow, Spo2, pulse rate (fron oximeter), body position data (supine or not supine), patient event marker, auto CPAP pressure evolution (w/REMstar auto interface), event flasg (flow limitation, apnea, hypopnea, and snoring (with Rem star auto interface). Software detection: apnea, hypopnea, snoring (w/ nasal pressure transducter), flow limitation (w/ REMstar auto interface), desaturations, bradycardia and tachycardia.

Alice5 Diagnostic Sleep System

The Alice5 Diagnostic Sleep System sets new standards for sleep labs eager to customize powerful features today but interested in flexible architecture to accommodate tomorrow’s growth. Alice5 features: fully integrated sleep laboratory system over a network cable; expanded channel capability to 55 total channels; high quality ECG with 6 channels and pulse transit time, and real time impedance display.